The craziness continued late Thursday evening as the Stars and Pens hooked up in a very quick deal that sees the two teams swap young studs.

To PittsburghNico Hischier

To Dallas Leon Draisaitl

All the trade credit goes to Goffie here as he sent me a PM that only needed 1 response - "sure".

From the Dallas perspective, I really like Nico, he was the only player in this draft i really wanted. With that said, i think his ceiling is what Leon is now, so to me this move just takes out any risk related to a kid that hasn't played an NHL game yet. I also do like Leon and think hes the real deal.

I don't know what to say about all these Oilers...its kind of gross but i'll see how long i can live with it.

Thanks Goffie for the easy and interesting deal.

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Somewhat surprising deal as I think Nico's upside is that for which Leon has already achieved. And having McDickButt and Leon on entries at the same time represented a unique window to win for the Pens with two cheap top line players.
Good deal for the Stars.

From my perspective this was a follow up to another deal to be announced shortly.

My strategy will become evident then.

But I view this deal exactly as everyone else. I think Leon is the real deal. I feel that Nico's ceiling is the same as Leon's but this allows us to add experience to our lineup and give us a guy coming into entry level as Mcdavid needs a raise.

A lot of risk. But it's fun to gamble.

This was an easy deal to make. I identified a player that I would move Leon for. Thought it was a fair deal that fit both teams and it was done as simple as that.